January 2011
6 posts
Critics of the NHS and those planning change...
up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, b, a
Sometimes I wish life had a cheat code. A simple way to turn on invulnerability, to get extra lives, to start again knowing the mistakes, to open the doors, and skip to the end of the episode. I want to win. I want to jump from ledge to ledge and not slip, ask the right questions, take the right turn, and know which door holds the treasure. But it doesn’t. There isn’t a cheat code,...
Take a sad song and make it better
Hey Jude ~The Beatles~ Hey Jude ~The Beatles~ Hey Jude, don’t make it bad Take a sad song and make it better Remember to let her into your heart Then you can start to make it betterHey Jude, don’t be afraid You were made to go out and get her The minute you let her under your skin Then you begin to make it better And anytime you feel the pain, hey Jude, refrain Don’t carry...
lulla lulla lulla lulla bye bye
My curly headed baby ~Paul Robeson~ Oh, my baby, my curly headed baby, We’ll sit below the sky and sing a song to the moo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oon. Oh, my baby, my curly headed baby, Your daddy’s in the cotton fields a-workin’ late and soo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oon. So lulla lulla lulla lulla bye bye Does you want the moon to play with Or the stars to run away with? They’ll come if...
The limits of perception
A candle flame seen at 30 miles on a dark, clear night. The tick of a watch under quiet conditions at 20 feet. One teaspoon of sugar in two gallons of water. One drop of perfume diffused into the entire volume of a three-room apartment. The wing of a bee falling on your cheek from a distance of one centimeter. Galanter E. Contemporary psychophysics. In: Brown R et al, editor. New...
Two Poems
Two Poems Erich Fried and e e cummings A Love Poem for Freedom and a Freedom Poem for Love With freedom it’s much the same as with love Suppose after all these years what they call happiness takes me out of the locked cupboard again and says: ‘Have another go! Let’s see how you manage’ Shall I then breathe in deeply and open my arms and be young again and full of...